Trapped Bose–Einstein condensates with quadrupole–quadrupole interactions*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11434011, 11674334, and 11747601) and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDPB08-1).

Wang An-Bang1, 2, Yi Su1, 2, 3, †
       

(color online) (a)–(c) Deformation parameters βl0 versus QQI strength gq for = 2 (solid lines), 4 (dashed line), and 6 (dash–dotted lines). The trap aspect ratios are λ = 1/8 (a), 1 (b), and 8 (c). (d) Angular dependence of the QQI in the rescaled coordinates for different λ’s.